subject-brigandsAndRobbers-freebo

Introduction

This is a Distant Reader "study carrel", a set of structured data intended to help the student, researcher, or scholar use & understand a corpus.

This study carrel was created on 2021-05-24 by Eric Morgan <emorgan@nd.edu>. The carrel was created using the Distant Reader zip2carrel process, and the input was a Zip file locally cached with the name input-file.zip. Documents in the Zip file have been saved in a cache, and each of them have been transformed & saved as a set of plain text files. All of the analysis -- "reading" -- has been done against these plain text files. For example, a short narrative report has been created. This Web page is a more verbose version of that report.

All study carrels are self-contained -- no Internet connection is necessary to use them. Download this carrel for offline reading. The carrel is made up of many subdirectories and data files. The manifest describes each one in greater detail.

Size

There are 23 item(s) in this carrel, and this carrel is 395,942 words long. Each item in your study carrel is, on average, 17,214 words long. If you dig deeper, then you might want to save yourself some time by reading a shorter item. On the other hand, if your desire is for more detail, then you might consider reading a longer item. The following charts illustrate the overall size of the carrel.

Readability

On a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is very difficult and 100 is very easy, the documents have an average readability score of 85. Consequently, if you want to read something more simplistic, then consider a document with a higher score. If you want something more specialized, then consider something with a lower score. The following charts illustrate the overall readability of the carrel.

Word Frequencies

By merely counting & tabulating the frequency of individual words or phrases, you can begin to get an understanding of the carrel's "aboutness". Excluding "stop words", some of the more frequent words include:

xml, id, pos, lemma, pc, reg, sentence, unit, acp, sp, speaker, av, ab, type, vvb, pns, contract, vvi, po, cs, pn, hi, rendition, vvz, join, cc, left, pno, nn, will, sir, shall, vvn, vmb, crq, vvd, moll, mol, one, uh, now, alex, man, seg, mist, text, hind, good, surface, haue

Using the three most frequent words, the three files containing all of those words the most are The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse, VVit for mony being a full relation of the life, actions, merry conceits, and pretty pranks of Captain Iames Hind the famous robber both in England, Holland, and Ireland : with his new progresse through Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and adjacent counties begun on Monday the first of March, 1651, with the judges of the assize for that circuit., and A recantation of an ill led life, or, A discouerie of the high-way law with vehement disswasions to all (in that kind) offenders : as also many cautelous admonitions and full instructions, how to know, shun, and apprehend a theefe : most necessarie for all honest trauellers to per''use, obserue and practise / written by Iohn Clauell ... ; approued by the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie, and published by his expresse commaund..

The most frequent two-word phrases (bigrams) include:

pc xml, unit sentence, pos acp, pos av, ab xml, pos vvb, vvb xml, pos pns, pns xml, type contract, sp xml, sp sp, av xml, pos vvi, vvi xml, sentence speaker, pos po, po xml, cs xml, pos pn, rendition hi, pos vvz, pn xml, cc xml, pos pno, join left, contract lemma, pno xml, nn xml, pos cc, vvz xml, pos vvn, vvn xml, pos vmb, pos crq, pos vvd, vvd xml, pos uh, pos cs, lemma will, will pos, vmb xml, sir pos, lemma sir, uh xml, vvz reg, pos crd, crd xml, contract reg, pos vmd

And the three file that use all of the three most frequent phrases are The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse A proclamation, anent some rebels, robbers, fugitives, and thieves, who are, or have been lately in arms in the braes of Lochaber, and Proclamation for discovering and apprehending housebreakers, thieves and robbers, and their resetters.

While often deemed superficial or sophomoric, rudimentary frequencies and their associated "word clouds" can be quite insightful:

Keywords

Sets of keywords -- statistically significant words -- can be enumerated by comparing the relative frequency of words with the number of times the words appear in an entire corpus. Some of the most statistically significant keywords in the carrel include:

tcp, tei, scotland, hind, king, gentleman, county, xml, x_d, who="a07524-trapdoor, who="a07524-sebastian, who="a07524-mrs_openwork, who="a07524-mrs_gallipot, who="a07524-moll, who="a07524-laxton, who="a07524-greenewit, who="a07524-goshawke, who="a07524-davy_dapper, who="a07524-alexander, way, url="https://imageserver.earlyprint.org:8443, unit="sentence"/, type="contract2, type="contract1">thereipruvponvpthinkethensweetesonnesheeowneohneuer

And now word clouds really begin to shine:

Topic Modeling

Topic modeling is another popular approach to connoting the aboutness of a corpus. If the study carrel could be summed up in a single word, then that word might be a07524, and Whereas Robert Robinson late of Clanculgg, in the county of Fermanagh, yeoman, John Irwin alias John Irwin Powshane of the same in the same county yeoman, Archibald Noble junior late of Lisnaskea in the same county yeoman, [and 19 others] have of late committed several burglaries, roberies and stealths, in several parts within this kingdom, besides divers other outrages ... by the Lord Deputy and Council, Arran. is most about that word.

If the study carrel could be summed up in three words ("topics") then those words and their significantly associated titles include:

1. a07524 - The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse
2. hind - A recantation of an ill led life, or, A discouerie of the high-way law with vehement disswasions to all (in that kind) offenders : as also many cautelous admonitions and full instructions, how to know, shun, and apprehend a theefe : most necessarie for all honest trauellers to per''use, obserue and practise / written by Iohn Clauell ... ; approued by the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie, and published by his expresse commaund.
3. 95 - By the King, a proclamation for the apprehending of robbers or high-way-men, and for a reward to the apprehenders

If the study carrel could be summed up in five topics, and each topic were each denoted with three words, then those topics and their most significantly associated files would be:

1. a07524, xml, id - The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse
2. text, tcp, eebo - Whereas in the twenty eighth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth, there was one right wholesome law made in this realm for the suppressing, taking, and killing of notorious thieves and robbers, the tenor whereof is in these words following ... by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, Essex.
3. haue, doe, men - A recantation of an ill led life, or, A discouerie of the high-way law with vehement disswasions to all (in that kind) offenders : as also many cautelous admonitions and full instructions, how to know, shun, and apprehend a theefe : most necessarie for all honest trauellers to per''use, obserue and practise / written by Iohn Clauell ... ; approued by the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie, and published by his expresse commaund.
4. hind, said, mac - VVit for mony being a full relation of the life, actions, merry conceits, and pretty pranks of Captain Iames Hind the famous robber both in England, Holland, and Ireland : with his new progresse through Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and adjacent counties begun on Monday the first of March, 1651, with the judges of the assize for that circuit.
5. hainam, having, man - The vvitty rogue arraigned, condemned, & executed. Or, The history of that incomparable thief Richard Hainam. Relating the several robberies, mad pranks, and handsome jests by him performed, as it was taken from his own mouth, not long before his death. Likewise the manner of robbing the King of Denmark, the King of France, the Duke of Normandy, the merchant at Rotterdam, cum multis aliis. Also, with his confession, concerning his robbing of the King of Scots. Together with his speech at the place of execution. / Published by E.S. for information & satisfaction of the people.

Moreover, the totality of the study carrel's aboutness, can be visualized with the following pie chart:

Noun & Verbs

Through an analysis of your study carrel's parts-of-speech, you are able to answer question beyonds aboutness. For example, a list of the most frequent nouns helps you answer what questions; "What is discussed in this collection?":

xml, id="a07524, pc, p, l, pos="n1, >, pos="n2, pos="vvi, cs, pos="n1-nn, pos="po, text, q, w, av, type="contract1">i.vpon

was, be, is, lemma="i, said, have, id="a07524, were, had, are, lemma="your, being, pos="av_j, been, lemma="come, did, having, encoded, do, lemma="by, take, lemma="more, made, make, hind, came, see, know, lemma="gosh, went, come, lemma="well, based, lemma="love, give, let, given, ride, brought, pos="acp, done, lemma="think, lemma="take, sent, published, lemma="at, note, am, haue, taken

Proper Nouns

An extraction of proper nouns helps you determine the names of people and places in your study carrel.

w, id="a07524, pos="acp, pos="d, xml, pos="n, unit="sentence"/, pos="vvb, sp, speaker, pos="j, pos="pns, lemma="be, pos="pn, pos="vvz, pos="po, lemma="a, pos="av, pos="pno, pos="cc, type="contract2, lemma="the, lemma="i, lemma="and, lemma="you, pos="vmb, pos="crq, pos="vvn, lemma="in, lemma="of, lemma="he, lemma="my, lemma="it, pos="uh, /p, lemma="that, lemma="have, lemma="sir, >, lemma="will, pos="vvi, tcp, lemma="for, unit="sentence">?

An analysis of personal pronouns enables you to answer at least two questions: 1) "What, if any, is the overall gender of my study carrel?", and 2) "To what degree are the texts in my study carrel self-centered versus inclusive?"

his, he, you, i, him, they, their, it, my, them, your, me, our, we, her, himself, she, themselves, w, us, mine, thy, lemma="gull, thee, one, yours, theirs, lemma="back, its, whereof, lemma="throw, lemma="breast, ay, whosoever, vp, ours, lemma="thyself, lemma="himself, id="a07524-mary, id="a07524-e136760, id="a07524-e136090, id="a07524-e134270, id="a07524-e131780, id="a07524-e129230, id="a07524-e122660, id="a07524-e117980, id="a07524-e117510, id="a07524-e115380, id="a07524-e114430, id="a07524-e114110

Below are words cloud of your study carrel's proper & personal pronouns.

Adjectives & Verbs

Learning about a corpus's adjectives and adverbs helps you answer how questions: "How are things described and how are things done?" An analysis of adjectives and adverbs also points to a corpus's overall sentiment. "In general, is my study carrel positive or negative?"

pos="n1, unit="sentence">.